Bruce's green pigeon explained

Bruce's green pigeon (Treron waalia), also known as the yellow-bellied fruit pigeon or the yellow-bellied green pigeon, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and Yemen. It is often found on farmland and near rivers.^[1] It is a frugivore bird species that specialises on eating the fruits of a single species of fig tree, Ficus platyphylla.^[2] Unlike most birds, it does not have a uropygial gland.^[3]

Description

Despite its name, Bruce's green pigeon is mostly grey with a light yellow breast and olive green upper wings .

Notes and References

1. Collina . Kambai . Ombugadu . Akwashiki . Tersoo . Apervega Paul . Janfa . Nanlir . Junior . Francis Mundi . Tumba . Yohanna Christopher . Maryam . Mato Sani . 2021-12-04 . Bird Species Abundance and Diversity in Montane Forest Research Station, Jos, Plateau State . Nigerian Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences . 4014–4027 . 10.48198/njpas/21.a07 . 2756-4045. free .
2. 2093978 . 17251107 . 10.1098/rspb.2006.0311 . 274 . Food plant diversity as broad-scale determinant of avian frugivore richness . 2007 . Proc. Biol. Sci. . 799–808 . Kissling . WD . Rahbek . C . Böhning-Gaese . K. 1611 .
3. Chiale . María Cecilia . Carril . Julieta . Montalti . Diego . Barbeito . Claudio . 2019-07-29 . The uropygial gland of the Eared Dove and its evolutionary history within the Columbiformes (Aves) . Journal of Ornithology . 160 . 4 . 1171–1181 . 10.1007/s10336-019-01691-6 . 199372640 . 2193-7192.